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title: fr, what did the mum say about the flower, like, real quick? — Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a p… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, what did the mum say about the flower, like, real quick? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick…

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fr, what did the mum say about the flower, like, real quick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 937 «Andersen's Tales, The Pea Blossom: a pea grows by the sick girl's window and gives her hope» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/937-pg27200-part148/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t11:1
# text = fr, what did the mum say about the flower, like, real quick?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | fr | the mum |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | fr |  |  |  |  | about the flower | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was planted by a gardener long ago, and nobody has looked after it since then

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t11:o1:1
# text = It was planted by a gardener long ago, and nobody has looked after it since then
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
14	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	since	since	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past · passive | a gardener | It |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | present · perfect | nobody |  |  |  | after gardener |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sun planted it for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t11:o2:1
# text = The sun planted it for fun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | the sun | it |  |  |  | for fun | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She says the pea sprouted from a seed that the neighbour's cat carried in last spring

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t11:o3:1
# text = She says the pea sprouted from a seed that the neighbour's cat carried in last spring
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pea	pea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sprouted	sprout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	seed	seed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sprout** | past | the pea |  |  | a seed |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from seed=Source |
| 3 | **carry** | past | the neighbour's cat | a seed |  |  | spring |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
God planted it to bring joy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:937-pg27200-part148:t11:o4:1
# text = God planted it to bring joy
1	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	planted	plant	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | past | God | it |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | joy |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |

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